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#NNSA: The US (and NATO) nuclear weapon arsenal is over budget and ten years late in planning and execution. Henry Sokolski, NPEC.

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🗓️ 19 August 2023

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#NNSA: The US (and NATO) nuclear weapon arsenal is over budget and ten years late in planning and execution. Henry Sokolski, NPEC.
https://www.gao.gov/blog/over-budget-and-delayed-whats-next-u.s.-nuclear-weapons-research-and-production-projects

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0:43.0

Deadline Belarus. Belarus would be willing to use the nuclear weapons given by close ally

0:48.6

Russia in the face of foreign, quote, aggression according to President Alexander Lukashenko

0:54.4

in these last hours. This is CNN reporting. CNN has a video to display that Russia, the

1:02.0

Russian Federation possesses 6,000 nuclear warheads. In comparison, the United States, according

1:09.1

to CNN, has 4,292 nuclear warheads. What is the status of the nuclear warhead arsenal

1:17.4

in the U.S. compared to Russia and the unknowns of China? I welcome Henry Sikolsky, the executive

1:25.9

director of non-proliferation policy education center, to comment on a report within hours

1:32.0

from the government accountability office. It's entitled Over Budget and Delayed. What's

1:37.9

next for U.S. nuclear weapons research and production projects? Henry, a very good

1:42.8

evening to you. Vladimir Putin has been rattling the nuclear sword for many months. Do we

1:48.0

have a nuclear sword that is rattled about given this report from the GAO? Good evening

1:54.5

to you. Good evening. Well, you know, so far so good. I think what this report makes crystal

2:04.5

is if we want to deal with a growing Chinese arsenal in concert with a very large Russian

2:14.4

arsenal by building more weapons than they have, we should think twice. The phrase, you

2:26.8

know, lots of luck. Good luck there. It comes to mind. That report is not the only GAO report.

2:37.8

They actually note that they have been reporting about the mismanagement of the nuclear weapons

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